Omiano vya Tjipangandjara Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : University of Namibia Press, (c)2013.Description: 1 online resource (212 pages)Content type:- text
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- 9789991642086
- 9991642080
- PN6519 .O453 2013
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Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Embo rOkomeho; Preface; Ondangu; Acknowledgements; Ombutiro; Introduction; Omiano vya Tjipangandjara.PROVERBS; Omiano omitorokwa.CALQUES; Omiano vyohungiriro.IDIOMS; Ozomburo -- Bibliography; Ohunga nOmutjange; About the Author; Back cover
Omiano vya Tjipangandjara: Otjiherero Proverbs and Idioms is a unique collection of linguistic and cultural significance. The author has collected over 150 proverbs and idioms from the Ovaherero community, particularly the Ovakaoko, in Namibia, and from various written sources. He encourages the use of these proverbs as a means of cultural enrichment, since younger speakers of Otjiherero tend to use and/or translate English or Afrikaans proverbs. Concise and extensively researched, this book distinguishes between proverbs and idioms; gives the literal English translation; the origin; general m.
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